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Digital Scholar @digitalscholar.bsky.social · 5h

Happy Birthday, @zotero.org, strong and steady at 20!

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Sir Michael @sirmichael.bsky.social · 3h

The letters N, S, E and W have been the compass points for long enough. Here are the changes I would make to freshen things up

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 21h

I'm sure the son of a fascist dictator will be nothing like his dad

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 21h

AI told me to get this forehead tattoo

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Ryan Randall @www.ryanpatrickrandall.com · 04/10/2026

Some higher ed folks I know, who fancy themselves the most technically sophisticated among us, are choosing to ignore these liars' well-documented history of lying and eagerly adopting their "agentic" tools. Addiction increasingly feels like the most accurate explanatory frame.

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Jarvis Googoo @jarvisgoogoo.com · 03/10/2026

Amazing editorial cartoon re artificial intelligence by @mackinnonart.bsky.social

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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 03/10/2026

How many local models do you run?

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Pope, would you please shut the fuck up about matters you do not understand? You're not an Ai influencer, no one elected you, and you have absolutely no weight in this debate and you're being used as a mouthpiece to sway public opinion. how many local models do you run?

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

AI influencers should be the only argument we need against AI.

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"The report was produced by TradingPlatforms, a financial comparison website" - Australia level brain checking the fine print here

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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you

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TELedvisors Network @teledvisors.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Everybody understands the challenges involved in working in the tertiary education third space but what can we do to make this better? Our expert panel explores some possible options in our most recent TELedvisors Network webinar - making the third space a great space youtu.be/uUUwo2s5MAU

Powerpoint slide with overlapping circles and text says Making the third space a great space

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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

shame, just as they record an enormous bonce in the polls

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Andy Conway Morris @andymoz78.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Big news from Labour Conference: the PM has announced the government's plan to scrap first past the post. Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. I've added my name. Join me? action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/...

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The PM used his big speech to promise to fix Westminster's broken voting system.

We've heard promises before. I've signed to make sure this one is kept. It takes 30 seconds

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ah I'm with you. Sounds like nice trolling then:)

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That was a pretty common term before they decided that the former sounded better

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Do they say how they plan to pay for it?

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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Morning. ☕️

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Emo Philips @emophilips.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I never signed a release

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is wild. Cyber leopards ate my face though?

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I sympathise with academics despairing about being fed slop by their students (70%+ most say) but two wrongs absolutely don't make a right

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That's why they had to reimagine the cartoon remake so radically

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What if we aimed higher than "and therefore less damaging than that in the US."

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The accessibility aspects have absolutely been weaponised but they are real. I don't know how we balance this.

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thanks I thought that number seemed low

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Is that a 1:1 representation or is it a baby buoy?

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Like decoupling research from promotion?

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Name 3 academics who think their uni should roll back research support

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Because people only do things for one of two reasons?

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Chef's kiss on author name though

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Cliff PervoSCARY @pervocracy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is a canary resuscitator, which miners would use to revive canaries that had passed out from toxic gas, because ideally not only do you care, you don't even leave the bird behind. just a little mining history and not at all a furious scream

A canary in a sealed box attached to an oxygen tank

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oh right, this doesn't tell us shit

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

One of mine was on the UKIP mailing list and an adult friendfinder site.

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Colin Simpson @gamerlearner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Having a firstname lastname email address on a common platform is such a weird insight into other lives

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